On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Simon Royal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Fabian > > Wow. I never knew that. I was a G3 PowerBook owner who progressed to a G4 > PowerBook and kept on this list. > > I have sent plenty of G4 related posts to this group and no one ever > pointed that out. > > I guess this is the end. Goodbye all. > > Simon > > -- > Since the G-Books List is for G3 iBooks and PowerBooks, as stipulated in > the trailer of every list message, your inquiry should have been posted to > the G4 'Books List, > Simon: While I do serve as a nanny for several LEM Lists, the G-Books List is not one of mine. I wrote the reminder because the Original Poster of this thread had already sent it to two wrong lists. The List Owner sets the parameters and rules for all LEM Lists; we volunteer nannies merely try to help him maintain some order and sense on the lists. For all LEM Lists, he includes some simple words about list purpose in the trailer of every message for all to read and follow. As the owner of numerous Apple laptops, G4, G3, pre-G and stone-age (I have a Macintosh Portable and a PowerBook 100), I subscribe to the G4 'Book, G-Books and PowerBook Lists. There are lots of good knowledgeable folks on all three lists. Why not send inquiries to the appropriate list, take advantage of their expertise, and stop annoying other members with OT messages? See you on the G4'Books List. Now back to this OT thread. Even though I do not own this specific PowerBook G4, I was sufficiently curious about the OP's problem that I took a quick look through its Apple Service Manual. The following TroubleShooting section intrigues me, but I am not sure about its relevance. "Caps lock LED power check" There are situations when the system is giving indications that it is shut down (no hard drive access, screen is dark, no blower, and so on). However, the logic board may still be running. In this case, the logic board is drawing power and generating heat. Warning: In this situation, if the computer is put in an enclosed environment like a carrying bag, the computer can overheat. Check this situation by pressing the caps lock key. If the LED glows, the PMU is running on the logic board. After pressing the caps lock key and perhaps other methods of waking it up fails, hold the power button down for six seconds to force a shut down of the computer. Restart the system to check if it boots up normally. Fabian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
